Understanding Coronavirus Mutations and Variants: Insights from Virology Expert Dr. Ahmed Shaheen

2023-12-30 23:00:00

Muhammad Shaalan Sunday, December 31, 2023 01:00 AM

Dr. Ahmed Shaheen, Professor of Virology at the Faculty of Medicine at Zagazig University, confirmed that any type of respiratory virus is normal for it to undergo mutations, but the symptoms must be monitored, explaining that the Coronavirus and all its variants, including Jn1, are normal and weak variants, and its complications are few, and admission to intensive care is rare, and there are no deaths.

Ahmed Shaheen added, during a phone call on the “Ninth” program, with the journalist Youssef Al-Husseini, on Channel 1, that the Jn1 mutant is a regular virus and its symptoms are cough, cough, sore throat and headache, and all of them are easy and simple things, explaining that some current diseases such as influenza have similar symptoms to Corona and must To differentiate between them through PCR analysis.

Dr. Ahmed Shaheen stressed the importance of the role of awareness, as was happening with the beginning of the Corona pandemic, continuing: “The elderly are the most vulnerable to the new Corona mutant, and preventive measures must be taken, and the oldest, most vulnerable, and those who have immune problems must be protected,” stating that infection with the mutant New ones take 5 to 7 days.

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